Door safety devices



1959 L. L. WIESNER DOOR SAFETY DEVICES 2 Sheets-Sheet Filed Feb. 16.1956 INVENTOR.

LAWRENCE L.WIESNER Jan. 13, 1959 L. L. WIESNER DOOR SAFETY DEVICES FiledFeb. 16, 195 6 '2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. LAWRENCE WIESNER 744.1 CZWJUv ATTOBNEY United States Patent noon SAFETY DEVICES Lawrence L. Wiesner,Wichita, Kane. Application February 16, 1956, Serial N0. 565,873

1 Claim. on. 20-16) My invention relatesto a protective device for useon door frames and doors. Any door fitted in a door frameand hung onhinges in which the hinge pins are located beyond the surface or face ofthe door will, as the door is opened, open up a V-shaped opening betweenthe hinge side of the door and the door frame to which the hinges areattached. This V-shaped opening sometimes becomes dangerous particularlyin the case of children playing around a screen door where they mightpush the screen door open and unwittingly place a hand in the V-shapedopening at the hinge side of the opened door, and if the door is thenreleased and closed, the V- opening of course will diminish and pinchand seriously damage the childs'hand. While children are quite apt: toget caught in this situation, older people can also be caught and hurtin the same manner. In view of this situation, I have provided myimproved V-shaped opening protection device that is designed tocover theV- shaped opening at all times and thereby prevent pinching accidents asabove mentioned. While this device is designed primarily for use inconnection with screen doors, it is equally effective for use inconnection with other house or building device, cabinet doors, and withslight modifications in proportion, the device is desirable for use onautomobile doors and in fact is desirable for use in connection with anydoor where the V-shaped opening develops with the opening and closing ofthe door.

A further object of my invention is to provide a protective device ofthe kind mentioned that is simple, easy to make and install, one that isinexpensive, one that is highly efficient in its work as well as onethat is neat.

and pleasing in appearance. These and other objects of the inventionwill be more fully described as this description progresses. drawings inwhich similar numerals of reference designate the same parts throughoutthe several figures of the drawings,

Fig. 1 is an inside view of a screen door frame which is provided withmy improved protective device.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the screen door fram and screen, theview being as seen from line II-II in Fig. l and looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail view of the several parts, the view beingas seen from the lines Ill-III in Fig. 2 looking in the direction of thearrows.

Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the several parts, the view beingas seen from the line IV-IV in Fig. 1 and looking in the direction ofthe arrows.

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the above the same as in Fig. 2 except thatthe screen door is shown in an open position and illustrates theprotective device as closing the V- shaped opening on the hinge side ofthe door.

Fig. 6 is a detail view showing a modified form of the rub plates.

Fig. 7 is a detail view showing a modified application of the device.

Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view through a modified Now referringto the accompanyingform of the device as applied to a door frame andscreen door.

In the drawings is shown 'a door frame 10 in which if fitted on screendoor 11 that is hingedly hung on the door frame 10 with hinges. 12 inthe usual manner as shown in Figs. 1 to 6 inclusive. 'The protectivedevice is shown as consisting of an elongated strip of material 13 thatis made of any desirable materialsuch as sheet metal, aluminum or ,evenplastic material. The strip of material 13 is transversely curved asshown in'Figs. 25-7-8. One side edge of the material 13 is rolled asindicated at 14 to form a smooth bearing against rub plates that willlater be described. The opposite side edge of the strip of material 13is rigidly attached to one side of a plurality of hinges 15 the otherside of which is rigidly attached preferably by screws 16 to the doorframe 10.

The screen door is provided with aplurality of spaced apart rub plates17 against which the rolled edge 14 of the protective strip 13 may restand rub. The rub plates strip 13 is depressed between the several rubplates 17 I to substantially close the gap 18 that may exist between theroll 14 and the adjacent side rail of the screen door 11. I. e. thethickness of the rub plates exceeds slightly the depth of thedepressions so as to prevent the edge 14 from rubbing on any part of thedoor except the adjacent faces of the rub plates.

In Fig. 6 an elongated rub plate 19 is substituted for the rub plate 17as shown in all other figures of the drawings.

The protective strip 13 is notched at its ends 21 and a hooked throughholes 24 in the outer end of the rub plates I 17 so that the spring 22will put a tension on the protector strip so that the rolled edge 14 ofthe protector strip 13 will bear on the rub plate 17 at all times.

In all of the above mentioned cases a V-shaped opening V develops as thedoor 11A is opened and the protective strip 13 always covers the openingof the V as a protective means against ones hands or other objectsbeing'entered into the V opening and then pinched as the door 11 or 11Aand its associated opening V is closed. I

And now in Fig. 8 is shown a modified form of the protective device inwhich the protective strip 13 is made of spring material such as thinspring steel or brass would be and the supporting hinges 15 are omittedand one edge of the protective member 13 is rigidly attached preferablytacked to the doorframe 10 and the spring of the material of theprotective member 13 would maintain contact of the rolled edge 14against the rub plate 17 or 19 at all times the same as previouslydescribed, a spring 22 may be used if desired.

While the device as shown anddescribed is probably the preferred form ofthe device, it is to be understood that such modifications of the deviceas lie within the scope of the appended claims may be employed withoutdepartingfrom the spirit and intention of the invention.

' what claimis:

A protective device for doorsysaid device comprising a strip of thinspringmaterial, one 'sidetportion of said strip of material "being'curved transversely; the other sideportion of said strip of materialbeing formed'asa support for the first said-sideportion ofithesaidstripof material; said' snpgiort 'for'thefirst said side portion of the saidstrip" of material having" means thereirr for attaehment to"a=supp'ortfor the said" device; a plurality of riibf'elements, andmeans" insaidrub elements for attachrnent' thereof to "a supporting element thereforthe springqualitY of said strip of material serving tourge oneedgeof-thestrip of material into engagement with the-said rrib elements,saidstriia" ofmaterial having i1'r-.

dehtures therin onei foreach rub element, said rub elements'being"receivable; onein each of said indentu'res; said indentures'beingof'a'lesser depth' than the thickness of the said rnb elements so as toprevent the edge of" the stripof material fl'UIlT engaging any objectother than the said rub elements.

References Citedin the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS OTHERREFERENCES Publication, Popular Science, April 1943, page 132, articleNo. 4. (Copyin Div. 8.) i

